This blog is made to share news on Alzheimer’s Disease in India. To raise awareness among the population in and from India, inform people of the resources they may have in their country and about actions taken by organizations. Also, it aims to support families and caregivers there to cope with this disease; help researchers worldwide and advocates in collecting datas and infos, develop views on the local Public Health Policy toward the affected elderly population in India.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

GENERAL REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN!CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN!The International Federation on Ageing is proud to be co-hosting, alongside the Heritage Foundation, the 12th International Federation on Ageing Global Conference. The event is scheduled to be held from June 10-13, 2014 in the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, India.The themes of the conference have been established to be Health, Security and Community."....

..."Having been a volunteer at the Make a Wish Foundation in Bangalore, I was familiar with the concept of collecting wishes for children suffering with life-threatening illnesses. Why not extend the thought, I wondered? Why not be a genie to the elderly as well? I chose to act immediately, and emailed volunteers to generate a good response.

It was the last day of my Sabbatical and many people arrived to show their support for the wish collection and fulfillment initiative. We reached the Ashram so early that the elderly were still asleep. But that didn’t matter – I used this opportunity to brief volunteers on collecting wishes.

To my surprise, it was auto driver Murali (whose story can be found at Super Auto Driver Murali) who collected more wishes than any of us! As the event progressed, those who wanted to leave early seemed to forget all prior commitments and decided to stay! A total of 22 wishes were collected and fulfilled in the weeks to follow.

While some grannies wished to eat ice cream candy, others wanted to watch old movies and some even wanted to eat chicken Biryani. Extravagance wasn’t what these elders wanted. All they wanted were the little things: sweets (Chirote, Doodh Peda, laddoos), fruits (jamoon, banana, pineapple, watermelon), headphones, a Telugu movie, a visit to a temple or a walk at the local park."...Full article at: http://chaiwithlakshmi.in/2013/inclusiveindia/om-ashram.html

Alzheimer's Disease in India:

Great job! at my place it is extended to "Life Projects for Elderlys", we try to know the persons habits,

abilities, routine and enjoyments especially for those suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and Related

Disorders, also to provide adjusted stimulation to refrain the loss of autonomy, keep them active and as

long as possible decision-makers of their own life but under supervision. It is part of the carepath and

provide well-being among them but also among the caregivers (families and pros). They have a lot to

know about each other, to enjoy together..and sometimes they are even surprised of the